Kochi
[koh-chee; Japanese kaw-chee for def 1]
- a seaport on central Shikoku, in SW Japan.
- Formerly Cochin. a seaport in W Kerala, in SW India: first European fort in India, built by Portuguese in 1503.
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The Indian coast guard was called and a few days later, they intercepted the Enrica Lexie and guided it to the port of Kochi.
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An interesting thing in Kochi is the area by the sea in which two crops of rice are grown in the year.
The Foundations of JapanJ.W. Robertson Scott
Kochi
- a port in SW Japan, on central Shikoku on Urado Bay. Pop: 326 490 (2002 est)
- another name for Cochin (def. 2)
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